A Quote by Woody Allen

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Woody Allen

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Art Bad Imitate Imitates Life Television

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Woody Allen
American - Director
Born: December 1, 1935

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

Ani DiFranco

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Oscar Wilde

I feel like life imitates art, or art imitates life. I always take on roles that I'm passionate about.

Tia Mowry

At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.

Talib Kweli

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

Bruce Willis

Not only does art imitate life but life imitates art. Perhaps we not only learn about life from stories, perhaps we make our lives through the stories we tell ourselves about the things that happen to us.

Ramona Koval

It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like, 'Oh, I feel like I've experienced this,' or 'I am experiencing this,' or 'I might start to experience it soon.'

Katherine Moennig

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Oscar Wilde

I feel like art imitates life and life imitates art.

Tia Mowry

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

Brad Holland

Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it's not a driver - art imitates life.